2013-06-17 Game Management Advisory Commission Minutes

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Hawaii Game Management Advisory Commission Meeting Minutes – June 17, 2013 proposed amendment changes and he was – put it to them – said, hey I raise pigeons. I take my pigeons to Maui! I let my pigeons go in a race and they come back. You’re gonna come give me a ticket? And he was told that you can be ticketed, you know, you’re, when you’re breaking a law, and it was brought up that you could possibly get a special use permit and that would be delegated from the local branch department. So, there’s issues with – cats aren’t gonna be on the injurious list – but pigeons are. So, there’s more issues then that – but I didn’t think we were going to talk specifically on issues in this proposal – I thought maybe there’d be an ad hoc committee reformed to collect the aggregate discussion toward this opposed amendment change and then submit it to the Mayor’s Office for his review and consideration and then, you know, at that time if the Mayor concurs with the recommendations by the GMAC advisement – then his office could then generate an amicus letter to the board whereby providing some standard testimony in opposition to this proposed amendment change being considered by the department relating to this HAR 124. [Pause] That’s all I have to say. Chair Sylvester: OK. Tom [unclear] comment… T. Lodge: Um, I provided, I think most of you have, what I wrote on some of the areas that I found detrimental in 124 to start with. Ah, Cleon now has other – pigeons [unclear] I’ve heard about pigeons from others, as well, you know, they’re making criminals out of people without any kind of due process, they’re making, you know, they’re making these decisions – I mean – for myself – I almost feel like they should [unclear] all over again, potentially, what I feel they should be doing [unclear]. Cause there are so many bad sections that have been introduced into this 124 – trying to get a permit to move wildlife from one place to another – if you find an injured animal you have to get a permit before you can bring it home – I mean it’s just burdensome. And it doesn’t make sense and they’re doing it without making any comments with the public before they come out with these things to start with. And I think we should shelve the – shelve the whole thing, I mean that’s my opinion, would be to shelve the whole thing – come back and talk to the public and then come back and start over – would be what I suggest but… Chair Sylvester: I think that probably would be the easiest thing to do then… 17